Characterization of the Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages KTN6 and KT28 and Their Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

Katarzyna Danis-Wlodarczyk; Tomasz Olszak; Michal Arabski; Slawomir Wasik; Grazyna Majkowska-Skrobek; Daria Augustyniak; Grzegorz Gula; Yves Briers; Ho Bin Jang; Dieter Vandenheuvel; Katarzyna Anna Duda; Rob Lavigne; Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127603

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Characterization of the Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages KTN6 and KT28 and Their Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

Katarzyna Danis-Wlodarczyk,

Affiliations Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, Division of Gene Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Tomasz Olszak,

Affiliation Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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Michal Arabski,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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Slawomir Wasik,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physics, Institute of Physics, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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Grazyna Majkowska-Skrobek,

Affiliation Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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Daria Augustyniak,

Affiliation Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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Grzegorz Gula,

Affiliation Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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Yves Briers,

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Ho Bin Jang,

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Dieter Vandenheuvel,

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Katarzyna Anna Duda,

Affiliation Division of Structural Biochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Borstel, Germany
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Rob Lavigne,

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa

* E-mail: zuzanna.drulis-kawa@microb.uni.wroc.pl

Affiliation Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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Characterization of the Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages KTN6 and KT28 and Their Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

Katarzyna Danis-Wlodarczyk,
Tomasz Olszak,
Michal Arabski,
Slawomir Wasik,
Grazyna Majkowska-Skrobek,
Daria Augustyniak,
Grzegorz Gula,
Yves Briers,
Ho Bin Jang,
Dieter Vandenheuvel

Published: May 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127603

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